From the turn of the century until her death in 1947, Hope worked to promote black equality. Her leadership and involvement in a wide array of public activities included inaugural meetings of the interracial and women's club movements. The author sets this in a world which includes the Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow, and cities torn by ract riots.

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From the turn of the century until her death in 1947, Lugenia Burns Hope worked to promote black equality in Atlanta as the wife of John Hope, president of both Morehouse College and Atlanta University, and on a national level in her discussions with such influential leaders as W.E.B. Du Bois and Jessie Daniel Ames.Přečíst více...

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Rouse discusses Hope's leadership and involvement in a wide array of other public activities, including inaugural meetings of the interracial and women's club movements. This allows her to usher in persons such as Lucy Laney, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Mary McLeod Bethune, Margaret Murray Washington, and a host of others active in such organizations as the Young Women's Christian Association, the National Association of Colored Women, and the National Urban League. The explication of these varied and connected networks, especially among women, helps situate Hope's life and work in a regional and national context.--Journal of American HistoryPřečíst více...